Total 6 Junior Executive level Customer Service job vacancies in Houston

Specific duties include:

• Prepares, assembles, and correlates information in connection with surveys and one-time reports required by Central Office, the Area Office, the Regional Office (RO), or Division management regarding administrative support functions from other divisions and outside sources of data.
• Processes incoming and outgoing materials such as correspondence, reports, memoranda, and other forms of written communications.
• Reviews and analyzes these materials, determines action necessary, researches and assembles background information, and refers said materials to the appropriate section when necessary.
• Edits documents, composes letters and reports, reviews correspondence for accuracy and completeness, prepares public presentation outlines, and develops standard for form letters and replies to inquiries.
• Liaises with the customer and identifies requirements for equipment purchase, lease, trade-in, excess, move to another location, warranty periods, etc. and then passes those requirements on to the appropriate Administrative Section staff for action.
• The incumbent maintains the official station control log / history file for circulars, bulletins, and memoranda and assigns numbers and dates and recession / retention folders on these as required.
• Reviews and makes changes/ corrections to the RO's controlled publications (circulars, bulletins, memoranda) to ensure proper format is used. Updates and revises publications issued by SSD and prepares "Justification for Proposed Field Station Issue" for appropriate concurrence.
• Maintains the confidential records for SSD, including records concerning individual performance, disciplinary actions, awards, and similar information for all employees of the Division.
• As a purchase card holder, always secures purchase card, identifies correct accounting string or budget object codes (BOCs) for appropriate transactions as required within VA 's credit card system.
• Maintains receipts or other necessary documentation for reconciliation purposes. Reconciles statements and forwards to approving officials within required time frames.
• Serves as the principal timekeeper for SSD and may support other division timekeeper needs by serving as an alternate timekeeper. May have duties in the PIV issuance process and may serve as one of the facility's PIV Card issuers.
• Receives all SSD visitors and callers. Screens telephone calls for the SSD Chief and forwards only those calls requiring the Division Chiefs attention.

Work Schedule: Full time, Monday through Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm
Compressed/Flexible: Available
Telework: Available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: Program Support Assistant; PD37329A
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required

Starting at $50,877 Per Year (GS 6)

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The MEDVAMC Diagnostic & Therapeutic Care Line is a complex, teaching department providing comprehensive care ranging from routine imaging exams to complex interventional radiology procedures. The Medical Support Assistant (Advanced) performs duties related to the receipt, intake, indexing, and otherwise processing Veteran health and Care Line operational administrative information. The primary duties of the Advanced Medical Support Assistant may include but are not limited to:

• Works collaboratively in an interdisciplinary coordinated care delivery model staffed by Radiologists, Physician Assistants, Nursing staff, DRT's, Health Techs and other MSAs to provide comprehensive imaging services to eligible Veterans.
• Coordinates with the patient care team to optimize patient access to care.
• Develops and maintains effective and efficient communication with patients, the care team, other MEDVAMC departments, Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOC's), outside/other VA medical centers, and other agencies to coordinate care, responding to Veteran or Veteran designee phone calls.
• Notifies patients of provider decisions/recommendations regarding their imaging orders and completion of those orders.
• Scans patient care information into the electronic medical record.
• Schedules via negotiated appointments with patients corresponding to availability of the imaging clinic appointments.
• Adjusts the flow and sequencing of the work to meet team and patient needs.
• Monitors pre-appointment requirements to assure readiness for patient visit/procedure (e.g. CT Abdomen prep or Ultrasound abdomen/pelvis studies).
• Completes follow up assignments.
• Participates in and independently follows up on team huddle decisions by sharing information and collaborating with the team to assure continuity of care.
• Evaluates patient information and clinic schedule lists to determine whether patient's imaging needs have been fulfilled and expired orders have been discontinued (all pending orders are scheduled or completed at the time of appointment).
• Trains other MSAs who have not achieved the Advanced MSA level.
• Assures that patient appointments are scheduled and managed appropriately according to the most current MEDVAMC Medical Center Policy Memorandum.
• Enters clinical appointment in the EWL (Electronic Wait List) as necessary.
• Ensures that the patient is informed of the place and time of each appointment.
• Ensures that workload is properly credited.
• Schedules and coordinates appointment, and changes scheduled appointments, utilizing the Vista Scheduling Enhancements (VSE), Veterans Information Systems and Technology Architecture (VISTA), and the use of the Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS).
• Provides preparatory instructions to patients.
• Handles paperwork for clinic "walk-ins" appropriately to assure that appointments are made, and encounters are completed.
• Processes no-show patients and referrals per clinic policy.

Work Schedule: Various schedules that may include off-tours, weekends and holidays will be discussed during the interview process and are subject to change based on Agency needs. Available Shifts are as follows, all are in CST time zone: 6:30am - 3:00pm, 7:30am - 4:00pm, 8:00am - 4:30pm, and 9:00am - 5:30pm.
Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized
Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases.
Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time offer per year (13-26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)
Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior [work experience] or military service experience.
Parental Leave: After 12 months of employment, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child.
Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days of employment, full time employees with a total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66.
Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
Telework: Not Available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Statement #: 580-00237-F
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Starting at $50,877 Per Year (GS 6)

• Responsible for the central management of the scheduling/template and appointing system.
• Maintain automated database, purging outdated templates, modifying templates, creating and applying templates.
• Modify templates, schedules and reports as necessary.
• Ensure that schedules are applied and available 180 days in advance.
• Provide a variety of reports as required.
• Train front desk staff and serve as subject matter expert on appointing, scheduling, templates, front desk workflows, and PIP

Starting at $49,726 Per Year (GS 7)

• Perform booking and scheduling procedures to generate necessary appointments for patients requiring APV procedures.
• Manage Ambulatory Patient Visit and Observation procedures; ensure proper accountability for patients reporting or being referred.
• Check in-patients APVs and complete end of day processing by closing out patient disposition; accountable for any incomplete or delinquent APV accounts.
• Maintain appropriate files and statistical data pertaining to all APV patients.
• Type a variety of materials, telephonic reports, endoscopy procedure schedules, and maintain telephonic roster of all incoming calls and their resolution.
• Assembles required backup material or attachments as specified or based on knowledge of requirements.
• Perform receptionist duties; refers calls and inquiries to appropriate personnel based on specific request and nature of business.
• Answer general inquiries as to overall office functions, availability of personnel, or status of specific actions within the employee's personal knowledge and/or responsibility; establishes and maintains a variety of files and records.
• Compile various narrative or statistical summaries, based on general requirement, or statements of need, according to standard procedures.

Starting at $40,142 Per Year (GS 5)

Major Duties will consist of but not limited to:

• Serves as a Consult Coordinator responsible for coordination of assigned consults to include scheduling, discontinuation of duplicate consults, correction of consult errors, handling of no-show consults, ensuring providers have correct consult title set-ups in the system, preparation of consult management reports, contacting patients to schedule appointments, etc
• Monitors patient-access performance metrics, assures timely scheduling and access to care provided by the section.
• The incumbent assists the senior management and attending staff in the educational endeavors of the program to include performing extensive literature searches, preparing Power Point presentations and assembling lecture material.
• Performs a variety of administration functions and assignments to include timekeeping, patient scheduling, answering phones, and check-in desk(s) for coverage.
• Maintains an automated system of program-specific data to track dates on items such as progress reports, funding accomplishments, compliance strategies, correspondence, etc.

Work Schedule: Monday- Friday 7:30am-4:00pm; subject to change based on the needs of the facility.
Telework: VA supports the use of telework as a way to help attract and retain talented individuals in public service, increase worker productivity, and better prepare the agency to operate during emergencies. This position may be authorized for telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process.
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: Program Support Assistant (OA)/PD03861A
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Starting at $56,537 Per Year (GS 7)

• Perform the full range of receptionist, recordkeeping and clerical duties within the ambulatory setting. Enter, manipulate and/or retrieve information and data from automated systems utilized by MTF.
• Type routine correspondence using various automation systems. Complete request forms for individual patient orders, blood work and other requests.
• Maintain and enter patient appointment schedules for the clinic/practice. Schedules appropriate patient appointments.
• Receive patients and visitors as the initial point of contact, in person or telephonically. Ensures eligibility for care, and contacts Patient Administration for verification. Verify Patient Insurance/OHI.
• Responsible for the clerical duties inherent to the in processing (reception), care and out processing (transition) of outpatients, families/caregivers and guests. Effectively communicates with patient and their care team.
• Reconcile end-of-shift/end-of-day processing and reports.
• Respond to emergency calls and follow communication procedures to include operating emergency phone lines, public announcement systems, and emergency alarms. Clearly communicates with associated parties during emergency related operations.

Starting at $40,142 Per Year (GS 5)